Compare the movement of nematodes (vinegar eel) with that of annelid worms (earthworm) relating these different kinds of movement to the arrangement of muscle layers in these animals. Why might peristaltic motion be considered an advancement relative to sinusiodal movement?

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Kristin Hurley

Biology

4 May, 17:14

Compare the movement of nematodes (vinegar eel) with that of annelid worms (earthworm) relating these different kinds of movement to the arrangement of muscle layers in these animals. Why might peristaltic motion be considered an advancement relative to sinusiodal movement?

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Ayanna Stephenson · Answer 1

they both use the muscles along side their body which moves them through the ground

Cannon Conley · Answer 2

Answer: Nematodes move through their longitudinal muscles which causes pressure throughout their body and it flexes instead of flattened and with the thrust it moves forward, In Case of earthworms it uses t